This month, my dear friend Craig Gaibler and I collaborated together to make an extra special treat that we hope you'll enjoy! We wanted to create a soundscape that married our two styles together in service of creating a greater whole -- and I for one think we achieved just that. You'll find elements within this mix that speak to Craig's taste for progressive and vocal tunes, as well as notes that reflect my leaning toward tech-house and techno style tracks. All in all, the result is a very harmonious journey that really celebrates the community and spirit that this craft embodies. Enjoy!

Podcast Summary

Selected to move, mixed to groove. My podcast takes you inside many of the live performances I’ve done. With periodic updates designed to keep you on the edge of the electronic dance scene, you can be sure you're listening to the hottest tracks.

Brian Maier
Brian Maier has been DJing since 2002, when a lifelong fascination of music and melody crystallized into a passion with making people move. While Brian always had a natural knack for rhythms and tones, it was the art of dance music that really drew him in as a way of combining his multiple musical quirks in to a coherent, artistic medium.
Brian used to sneak away from his other commitments in Atlanta, Georgia to reach down to the suburbs of his youth and play various underground parties. Honing the art over the course of a year and a half at the tutelage of peer Aaron Robinson, Brian learned what makes parties work.
Met in 2004, Mark Snyder (also known as Remark) was a big force in Brian's evolving music world. Known for playing at the legendary Firestone club in Orlando, and for playing with the likes of Chris Fortier and DJ Icey in various Florida highlights, Mark was the perfect tutor to foster a love of dance and encourage a wide range of musical selection. Mark and Brian put together a mix CD for Brian's birthday in 2003, cementing a friendship that was definitively aural; the release was called Shock, and was met with much enthusiasm from the Atlanta community. It sold at both Brushstrokes and Outwrite stores.
While researching the origins of dance's explosion in to US music, Brian began searching out whitelabels faster than his friends could provide. Brian took to purchasing large quantities of "bargain bin deals" at Satellite Records in the Little Five Points District of Atlanta, and at EDs Records in nearby Midtown Atlanta. Brian collected tracks that many of his DJ peers at the time didn't even know the relevance of, including Xpander and Heaven Scent. While Brian poured over the Global Underground back catalogue and Sander Kleinenberg's idea of music-as-a-story, his peers continued to provide new, fresh house music in the form of monthly releases. Brian's love of musical niches had him routinely camped out at Club Jungle, The Heretic, and 1150 in an attempt to hear the latest and greatest beats.
Brian has instigated many a groove at various Atlanta venues, including the Eagle, The Mark Ultralounge, and club 1150. Brian has also performed for years at the Burning Man festival with Camp Astropups, and has played out in San Francisco for the Burning Man Official Christmas Party, The Burning Man Volunteer Resource Event, the House of Shields bar, Club Shine, and Club Dirty. Brian also produces ambient tracks on the side, and has included them on various releases in the past. Brian has also hosted "learn to DJ" workshops as art events on the Playa.
While releasing steady podcasts since 2005, Brian has always had the listener in focus when designing his musical soundscapes. The podcasts are designed to take the average music fan from a lower energy point to one of higher ecstacy. To do this, Brian crafts a believable story that he understands one will want to listen to, again and again, to build their energy levels to new heights.
Brian also believes in including artists and mashups that people are familiar with to keep them engaged and excited.
You can find Brian's full catalogue of podcasts at his website: www.djbrianmaier.com.
You can email him your feedback at djbrianmaier at gmail dot com.

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